

- Beliefs of Preservice and Beginning Teachers
- Entering the Profession
- Traditional and Alternative Licensure
- Traditional Licensure
- Alternative Licensure
- Developing a Professional Reputation
- Making Yourself Marketable
- Building a Portfolio and Résumé
- Creating a Credentials File
- Writing a Successful Letter of Application
- Finding a Job
- Where Are the Jobs?
- Interviewing Effectively
- Assessing Prospective Schools
- Private School Employment
Exploring Diversity: The Competition for Minority Teachers
- Your First Year of Teaching
- Survival Skills for the First Year
- Organization
- Classroom Management
- Teaching Effectively
- Knowing Your Students
- Induction and Mentoring Programs
- Teacher Evaluation
Teaching in an Era of Reform: The Merit Pay Issue
- Career-Long Professional Development
- Membership in Professional Organizations
- Becoming a Teacher-Leader
- Designing and Conducting Action Research
- Attaining Certification: The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards